From: Ferruh Yigit Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2018 17:09:40 +0000 (+0000) Subject: doc: add KNI limitation in release notes X-Git-Url: http://git.droids-corp.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=137f1a5cda798d2bb8eb49443d823522df9b167f;hp=a5e0c1ed6b9fe2dac31de45d748de12f2d9d3393;p=dpdk.git doc: add KNI limitation in release notes Commit a9460a0b2efb ("kni: fix build on Linux 4.19") disables some ethtool commands because they are removed in newer (4.19) kernels. This patch documents removed functionality. Fixes: a9460a0b2efb ("kni: fix build on Linux 4.19") Signed-off-by: Ferruh Yigit --- diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_11.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_11.rst index 56011b45a6..32ff0e5c08 100644 --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_11.rst +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_11.rst @@ -412,6 +412,12 @@ API Changes When KNI sample application is used, ``-m`` parameter can be used to automatically update the carrier status for the interface. +* kni: When ethtool support enabled (``CONFIG_RTE_KNI_KMOD_ETHTOOL=y``) + ethtool commands ``ETHTOOL_GSET & ETHTOOL_SSET`` are no more supported for the + kernels that has ``ETHTOOL_GLINKSETTINGS & ETHTOOL_SLINKSETTINGS`` support. + This means ``ethtool "-a|--show-pause", "-s|--change"`` won't work, and + ``ethtool `` output will have less information. + ABI Changes -----------